Lons Infant School
Tavistock Avenue, Ripley, DE5 3SEOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Lons Infant School is a primary school in Ripley for ages 4 to 7. It is one of the 449 schools in Derbyshire. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in April 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 23 April 2025, report published 19 May 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 23 April 2025
Pupils enjoy coming to this inclusive and welcoming school. Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and respectful. The school ensures that pupils can share any worries and concerns they might have. This helps to keep pupils safe. Behaviour is calm and positive, with pupils following routines and engaging well in lessons. Staff know pupils well and create a supportive environment, where pupils feel valued and encouraged to succeed. The school values of cooperation, kindness, respect, honesty, determination and responsibility weave through school life. The school provides many opportunities to grow the resilience and tenacity of its pupils and prepare them for their next stages. Staff have high expectations of pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils rise to these high expectations and try hard with their learning. They achieve well. Pupils benefit from a range of experiences that enrich the curriculum and help to prepare them for life in modern Britain. Exciting trips and visits take place through 'super starts' or 'fabulous finishes', as a way for pupils to start or finish a topic.
What the school should improve
- Teachers are not routinely ensuring activities in lessons are designed to deepen pupils' understanding and apply learning. As a result, pupils are not developing and retaining a depth of understanding. The school should ensure that staff have the necessary skills and expertise to design activities that enable pupils to remember more of what they have been taught.
- Sometimes, teachers do not check what pupils know and understand carefully enough before introducing new learning. When this is the case, gaps and misconceptions are not addressed effectively. As a result, some pupils do not learn as well as they could. The school should ensure that teachers assess pupils' knowledge consistently well, to enable them to make informed decisions about what to teach next.
Pupil numbers and mix
40 pupils on roll, with places for 90
Schools near Lons Infant School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley Junior School | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Ripley Infant School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | 64% met the expected standard |
| Swanwick Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted judgements: Good | 57% met the expected standard |
| Waingroves Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 61% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Miss Annette Guthrie
- Phone
- 01773744319
- Address
- Tavistock Avenue, Ripley, DE5 3SE
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- URN
- 112710
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.